Yucca - will it survive outdoors?

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  1. Derbyshire

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    I planted my house Yucca tree into my back garden in Wembley before I moved to Derbyshire. It lived happily outside for the year I lived there after planting it. I don't know what's happened to it since with all the snow we've had in recent years.

    Are Yuccas OK to plant outside?
     
  2. pete

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    There are Yuccas and there are Yuccas.
    The normal house plant one, Y elephantipies is not totally hardy.
    Most plants sold for garden growing are, ie, forms of Y. gloriosa, Y. filamentosa and a few others are.
     
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      As pete says the usual house plant yucca is Y elephantipies and generally this is not that hardy. But in London, if planted in a sheltered spot then it may well be ok. But with the snow and cold of recent winters it may well be a gonner.
       
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